Hi
I really mean when is the right time to exhale.
Should I slowly exhale while swimming or should I hold my breath until I need air exhale and then turn to inhale?
Thanks for helping out this newbie
Maybe for little kids that learn how to swim and "blow bubbles" but not for good swimmers - you exhale right before you take your breath.
Hmm, this comment makes me wonder. Unless it's a 50, I exhale continuously during the swim. Why would you just exhale prior to breathing as this would set up you up for not getting maximum intake or risk creating a rapidly collapsing 'pocket' of air around your mouth when you transition from exhale to inhale just prior to breaking the surface with your mouth.
I change my breathing technique. It can be slowly out or explosive breathing.
In rough water you could almost turn on your back to get a breath in and I have done this on occasion.
Learn to breathe on both sides.
The main thing is to expel some air before you breathe in don't just breathe in.
Don't breathe in through your nose.
Don't breathe in underwater...
Don't breathe in your arm pit.
Breathe in the trough if you can.
Either equalize the pressure in your nose or expel some air out through your nose when breathing out.
If you blow all your air out your mouth don't let water syphon up your nose.
Hmm, this comment makes me wonder. Unless it's a 50, I exhale continuously during the swim. Why would you just exhale prior to breathing as this would set up you up for not getting maximum intake or risk creating a rapidly collapsing 'pocket' of air around your mouth when you transition from exhale to inhale just prior to breaking the surface with your mouth.
Thank you for the support on this one! Almost every coaching conference that I have been to has suggested to continuously exhale throughout the stroke and make your breathing pattern as normal as possible. So, I hate to say it, but this has nothing to do with little kids "blowing bubbles" though I teach my 8 and unders to blow bubbles throughout their stroke as well!
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It looks like he's exhaling continuously, though it looks like he pauses a bit in the first video.
Great videos, Michael...gotta love YouTube!
Well - how can put this ... are you guys blind ?
The first video clearly shows that Thorpe is holding his breath the entire time that his head / eyes are looking down - then as he is lifting his head, he is breathing out - that's what most swimmers do. That's also why most swimmers can easily switch back and forth between breathing every 2 or 4 armstrokes.
Wow, that's pretty funny that you're asking me if I'm blind when you clearly aren't watching the video. Watch when his head comes in the water--he's obviously exhaling. Like I said, in the first video he takes a pause before turning to breathe again, but he clearly exhales on the way back in and on the way up.
As far as the second video is concerned (which is from Athens, so I think that's a bit more important), he is clearly exhaling the whole time he is underwater. Unless your computer is really crappy and you can't see the bubbles, there isn't really a reason for you not to be able to see this.
You want some more examples? Here:
Michael Phelps (at about 0:09, he starts the stroke)
Grant Hackett (it's 2 minutes long, but watch the first 30 seconds and you can clearly see it)
Manaudou (at about 1:50, they have a great underwater shot of her swimming)
Rebecca Cook
I'm not saying everybody swims that way, because obviously you don't. I'm just saying that it seems like many of the big swimmers do. All of my coaches and teammates do as well, so I don't know what to tell you. Do whatever works for you, but don't pretend like we're all inferior for not waiting until the last moment to exhale.
Exhaling ? So - let me get this - he breathes in, puts his head down, exhales a little, then holds his breath again and then exhales the rest.
Watch the 4x100 Free underwater cam from the Olympics + ask any good swimmer + what happens when people breath every 4 or 6 in a race ?
Um, everyone in those videos were breathing every stroke, not every 4 or 6. If you're going to breathe every 4 or 6, I guess you would hold your breath. I don't know anything about that, since I don't do that. I suggest you actually watch the videos before you start talking down to people.
And as far as the first video of Thorpe, I'm not sure if he actually stops exhaling, I just can't see the bubbles anymore. I think even you can admit that it takes an exhale to produce bubbles out of your nose.
